Reliability and Risk: The Challenge of Managing Interconnected Infrastructures (High Reliability and Crisis Management)

Synopsis

The Safe And Continued Functioning Of Critical Infrastructures - Such As Electricity, Natural Gas, Transportation, And Water - Is A Social Imperative. Yet The Complex Connections Between These Systems Renders Them Increasingly Precarious. Furthermore, Though We Depend So Heavily On Interconnected Infrastructures, We Do Not Fully Understand The Risks Involved In Their Failure. 'reliability And Risk' Argues That Designs, Policies, And Laws Often Overlook The Knowledge And Experiences Of Those Who Manage These Systems On The Ground-reliability Professionals Who Have Vital Insights That Would Be Invaluable To Planning. The Infrastructure Society -- The Interinfrastructure Challenge -- High Reliability In Critical Infrastructures -- A Framework For Icis Reliability Management -- A Framework For Icis Risk Management -- Our Framework In A Comparative Analytic Perspective -- The Full Cycle Of Infrastructure Operations -- Managing Interconnected Control Variables : A Case Of Electricity And Water -- Interinfrastructural Innovation And Its Control Room Impacts : A Case Study Of Caiso And Mrtu -- Interconnected Infrastructure Systems As A Complex Policy Problem -- Toward Multiple Reliability Standards For Interconnected Infrastructure Systems. Emery Roe And Paul R. Schulman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.